Stop time + red card nightmare! Benfica was eliminated by Chelsea s 4-goal!

In the early morning of June 29, a storm of ups and downs in the Club World Cup 18th final, with Chelsea playing against Benfica. After a match full of unexpected and fierce battles, Chelsea finally defeated their opponent 4-1 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, and will face Palmeiras in the next round.

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[Critical moments to determine the victory and loss]

Breaking the deadlock (64th minute): Reese James took the free kick from the left side of the frontcourt. Instead of choosing a regular cross from a far corner, he unexpectedly shot directly into the near corner of the goal. Benfica goalkeeper Trubin failed to react, the ball entered the net, and Chelsea scored first!

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Thunderstorm disrupted the situation (86th minute):

The referee interrupted the game due to possible thunderstorms.

This is the sixth time this tournament has been interrupted due to weather, and Chelsea coach Maresca and the players expressed strong dissatisfaction. The game was interrupted for 1 hour and 50 minutes before recovery.

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buzzer-beating level (95th minute):

stoppage time, VAR intervention inspection. Slow motion shows that Otamendi's header hit Chelsea player Gusto. The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick.

Di Maria calmly took the penalty, deceived goalkeeper Sanchez, and tied the score 1-1!

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Number advantage (2nd minute of overtime):

Overtime just started, Benfica's Prestiani made a foul and received the second yellow card and was sent off. Benfica was forced to fight ten people.

overtakes the score (108th minute):

Chelsea took advantage of the number of players to launch a fierce attack. Kesedo's shot was saved, and Nkunku followed up with a supplementary shot and was blocked again, but he reacted quickly and re-shooted again,

finally penetrated the goal, and Chelsea led 2-1!

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to lock in the victory (minutes 114th and 116): Benfica made a big push and tried to save the defeat, and the defense was empty. Chelsea seized the opportunity and counterattacked quickly: First, Neto easily pushed the ball to score, expanding the score to 3-1. Just two minutes later, Palmer gave an accurate assist, Hall went to the meeting alone and calmly scored, completely killing the suspense of the game!

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[Player rating]

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[Players played on both sides]

Chelsea: Starting: Sanchez; Reese James (submitted by Gusto in the 80th minute), Badiacile (submitted by Adarabioyu in the 70th minute), Corville, Cucurella; Lavia (submitted by Charoba in the 87th minute), Kesedo, Enzo Fernandez (submitted by Hall in the 80th minute); Palmer, Neto, Delapp (submitted by Enkuku in the 80th minute). The substitute list contains multiple players.

Benfica: Starting: Trubin; Antonio Silva, Dal, Otamendi, Ouser (substituted by Govia in the 86th minute); Kokku (substituted by João Miguel in the 86th minute), Vallero, Florentino Luis (substituted by Belotti in the 70th minute); Di Maria, Pavlidis (substituted by Prestiani in the 70th minute), Schyerdrup (substituted by Akturkogru in the 46th minute). The substitute list contains multiple players.